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Albania

Albanian State Police

The Albanian State Police is the national police and law enforcement agency which operates throughout the Republic of Albania. The General Director is the highest administrative, technical, and operational authority in the State Police, which sits structurally in the Ministry of Interior.

The General Directorate of State Police is made up of the following departments:

Organized and Serious Crimes;

Public Security;

Border and Migration;

Support Services;

Police Training.

INTERPOL Tirana

The INTERPOL National Central Bureau for Albania is part of the State Police’s International Cooperation and Coordination Directorate. It is the country’s exclusive platform for taking investigations beyond Albanian borders.

INTERPOL Tirana has a staff of 15 people;

1 Head of the NCB;

10 law enforcement specialists;

2 telecommunications officers;

1 archives specialist;

1 secretary.

In order to strengthen national security, INTERPOL Tirana has integrated INTERPOL's databases into Albania’s national police network. This means that police across the country have instant and automated access to INTERPOL’s global databases, enabling them to obtain critical data on wanted persons, vehicles and stolen and lost travel documents in just seconds, no matter where they are.

LYON, France – The arrest and positive identification in Ecuador of Dritan Rexhepi, the subject of several INTERPOL Red Notices for internationally wanted individuals and a target of a global INTERPOL fugitive operation, has been hailed by the world police body following international cooperation via INTERPOL.
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LYON, France – In one of the largest operations of its kind, Albanian State Police have raided a village in the south of the country known for producing marijuana on a massive scale, seizing tonnes of the drug and arresting more than a dozen people.In the first five days of the large-scale operation in the village of Lazarat, police seized more than 23 to...

LYON, France – Counterfeit goods worth nearly USD 1 million have been seized in a series of interventions across Eastern Europe as part of INTERPOL’s Operation White Mercury.Involving seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the operation also resulted in the ident...

LYON, France – Three men suspected of being part of a gang which robbed a Rolex shop in Bahrain whilst disguised as women have been arrested in Albania and Bahrain following the issue of INTERPOL Red Notices or internationally wanted persons alerts.The six thieves broke into the shop in the city centre mall after it closed at 10pm, and attacked and injure...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An INTERPOL operation targeting 207 internationally-wanted fugitives wanted for serious crimes including murder, kidnapping, organized crime and child sexual abuse believed to be hiding in South America has led to arrests across the continent and new investigative leads established for almost a quarter.Investigative leads develop...

LYON, France – Collaboration and the sharing of police information with INTERPOL to combat transnational organized crime was the focus of a visit today to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters by Albania’s General Director of State Police, Mr Hysni Burgaj.With Albania having integrated in June into its national police structure INTERPOL’s global net...